Article
[Wilson disease].
Der Internist - 1 Jul 2005
Huster D, Kühn H-J, Mössner J, Caca K
Abstract excerpt
Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of human copper metabolism that leads to neurological symptoms and hepatic damage of variable degree. The affected gene ATP7B encodes a hepatic copper transport protein, which plays a key role in human copper metabolism. Clinical symptoms are complex with neurologic symptoms such as tremor, dysarthria, psychiatric disorders etc., predominant hepatic...
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